Contact:

http://www.youthlinkcalgary.com/  

Location:

The Centre is located on the second floor of the Police Administration Building at 316 – 7 Avenue S.E., Calgary, Alberta.

Description: 

The Calgary Police Service Interpretive Centre educates youth about crime and its consequences, and demonstrates how fulfilling tomorrows are built on sound lifestyle choices today. In addition, the role of police in society is examined.

Issue-based topics that are fun and interactive are presented in exhibits and displays and on this website – providing a springboard for parents and educators to begin discussions with their children about sensitive and timely topics such as Internet safety, how to handle bullies, how to say no to peer pressure involving drugs and alcohol, and how to recognize the many faces of exploitation and abuse. 

Through school field trips and visits by youth organizations such as boy scouts and girl guides, more than 140,000 young people have benefited from the Interpretive Centre’s exhibits and programmes. Our forensic science programme, geared to the grade six science curriculum and offered three days per week, is booked two years in advance. Day visits and evening programmes complement the mandate. And our new website is available to Calgary’s youth, every day, all day. 

The Centre is open to the public all day Mondays and Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. A devoted volunteer core of 80, representing a cross section of the community, has been facilitating and serving Calgary visitors for ten years.